Presentation by James Kinyangi from the African Development Bank at the Land and Water Advantage event on the sidelines of COP23.
More information about the event series: https://bit.ly/AgAdvantage
This presentation on lesson learned from YieldWise efforts in the Kenyan Mango Sector was given at the 2nd All Africa Post-Harvest Congress & Exhibition. The focus of the presentation was on understanding how the YieldWise project worked in the context of the mango value chain in Kenya. The YieldWise model was pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation and deployed in a number of agricultural value chains across Africa, including in tomato, maize, cassava, and mango. The research showed that the YieldWise model enhanced by understanding the shortcomings of its initial deployment is a valid approach. The lead researchers from the University of Maryland and Iowa State University, who prepared the presentation, are making it available via the Consortium for Innovation in Post-Harvest Loss and Food Waste Reduction slideshare account. University of Maryland and Iowa State University are members of the Consortium. The Consortium is funded in part by the Rockefeller Foundation.
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley made a presentation on “Achieving rice self-sufficiency in Africa,” which served as a basis for an in-depth discussion by a panel of speakers consisting of Mr Ade Adefeko, Vice President and Head of Corporate and Government Relations at Olam-Nigeria; Mr Pieter Grobler, Head of Land Development at Dangote Rice Limited; and Mr Busuyi Okeowo, Deputy Team Leader at Growth & Employment in States (GEMS 4), Nigeria.
The panel discussion was organized as part of the Third Edition of the Agra Innovate West Africa Conference, on 23 November 2016 in Lagos, Nigeria, with support from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG).
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 57 on “Investing in smallholder agriculture for food security and nutrition” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid and the ACP Secretariat was held on Wednesday 11th September 2019, 9h00-13h00 at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels, Room C. The Briefing discussed smallholder agriculture and its key role in delivering food security/nutrition, and sustainable food systems, as recognised in SDG 2.
Presentation by James Kinyangi from the African Development Bank at the Land and Water Advantage event on the sidelines of COP23.
More information about the event series: https://bit.ly/AgAdvantage
This presentation on lesson learned from YieldWise efforts in the Kenyan Mango Sector was given at the 2nd All Africa Post-Harvest Congress & Exhibition. The focus of the presentation was on understanding how the YieldWise project worked in the context of the mango value chain in Kenya. The YieldWise model was pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation and deployed in a number of agricultural value chains across Africa, including in tomato, maize, cassava, and mango. The research showed that the YieldWise model enhanced by understanding the shortcomings of its initial deployment is a valid approach. The lead researchers from the University of Maryland and Iowa State University, who prepared the presentation, are making it available via the Consortium for Innovation in Post-Harvest Loss and Food Waste Reduction slideshare account. University of Maryland and Iowa State University are members of the Consortium. The Consortium is funded in part by the Rockefeller Foundation.
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley made a presentation on “Achieving rice self-sufficiency in Africa,” which served as a basis for an in-depth discussion by a panel of speakers consisting of Mr Ade Adefeko, Vice President and Head of Corporate and Government Relations at Olam-Nigeria; Mr Pieter Grobler, Head of Land Development at Dangote Rice Limited; and Mr Busuyi Okeowo, Deputy Team Leader at Growth & Employment in States (GEMS 4), Nigeria.
The panel discussion was organized as part of the Third Edition of the Agra Innovate West Africa Conference, on 23 November 2016 in Lagos, Nigeria, with support from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG).
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 57 on “Investing in smallholder agriculture for food security and nutrition” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid and the ACP Secretariat was held on Wednesday 11th September 2019, 9h00-13h00 at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels, Room C. The Briefing discussed smallholder agriculture and its key role in delivering food security/nutrition, and sustainable food systems, as recognised in SDG 2.
A National Management Plan for a protected non-timber CITES listed tree speci...Verina Ingram
A National Management Plan for a protected non-timber CITEs listed tree species: Prunus africana. Ingram et al. pygeum mgt plan presentation nat forum march 10
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley leading the panel discussion on "Africa Riceing : Mobilizing and applying science and complementary resources to achieve self–sufficiency in rice in Africa." at the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly, Kigali, Rwanda, on 14 June 2016
Presentation from Learning Event No 5, Session 1, room D. Climate Smart Agriculture: Options for Scaling up, fuel for discussion. What tools and policies are required to bring Food security,
adaptation, and mitigation together?
Enhancing the sustainability of global commodity chainsCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation by George Schoneveld on inclusive Green Growth (IGG) through commercial agriculture and forestry, held at CIFOR’s partners’ meeting in Nairobi in February 2015.
SSA Farming Systems Framework: Potential input to the Dublin Process / Techno...riatenorio
Information sharing on the development of a Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa With inputs for CAADP-CGIAR alignment
April 13, 2013
Dublin, Ireland
Nigeria Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program-1:Sorghum Outreach...ICRISAT
Agriculture is the economic mainstay of the majority of households in Nigeria.However, agricultural productivity for food and its contributions to national income has been on the decline in the last 3 decades. Nigeria is currently one of the four leading food importing countries in the world. The high rate of poverty, food insecurity and youth unemployment in Nigeria presents an opportunity for agriculture led economic growth which can secure a prosperous future for some of the country’s poorest people. The opportunities that are inherent in the agricultural sector prompted the Government of Nigeria (GON) to initiate the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) in 2012.
Understanding African Farming Systems: Science and Policy Implications ACIAR
Understanding African Farming Systems: Science and Policy Implications - Dr Dennis Garrity, United Nations Dryland Ambassador, and AIFSC Project Coordinator for "Farming Systems, Science and Policy"
Presented at the High-Level Ministerial (HLM) Conference on Rice Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 25 September 2018
Dakar, Senegal
Presented by Dr Harold Roy-Macauley
Director General, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
South-East Cluster Partnership: Achievements, lessons and way forwards ILRI
Poster prepared by Kissi Wakweya and Adamu Zeleke for the ILRI-N2Africa Annual Partners Review and Planning Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 16-17 March 2017
Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture Transform...futureagricultures
Eugene Rurangwa, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Presentation to the 11th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
Side event on Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Transformation
Convened by the AU/AfDB/UNECA Land Policy Initiative
Johannesburg
24 March 2015
“Food Price Volatility and Resilience in Africa” presented by Nicholas Minot, Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI at 2014 ReSAKSS Annual Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 9, 2014
Evidence based assessment of scalability of agricultural technologies: The ca...africa-rising
Presented by Girma T. Kassie, Peter Thorne, Kindu Mekonnen, Karen Brooks, Barbara Rischkowsky, Aynalem Haile, Seid A. Kemal, Lulseged Desta, Zenaye Degefa, Mulugeta Yitayih, Fresenbet Zeleke and Azage Tegegne at the Workshop and Exhibition on Promoting Productivity and Market Access Technologies and Approaches to Improve Farm Income and Livelihoods in Ethiopia: Lessons from Action Research Projects, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 8-9 December 2016
Presentation by John Thompson and Hannington Odame at the event "The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa", September 2014.
http://www.future-agricultures.org/events/the-political-economy-of-agricultural-policy-processes-in-africa
A National Management Plan for a protected non-timber CITES listed tree speci...Verina Ingram
A National Management Plan for a protected non-timber CITEs listed tree species: Prunus africana. Ingram et al. pygeum mgt plan presentation nat forum march 10
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley leading the panel discussion on "Africa Riceing : Mobilizing and applying science and complementary resources to achieve self–sufficiency in rice in Africa." at the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly, Kigali, Rwanda, on 14 June 2016
Presentation from Learning Event No 5, Session 1, room D. Climate Smart Agriculture: Options for Scaling up, fuel for discussion. What tools and policies are required to bring Food security,
adaptation, and mitigation together?
Enhancing the sustainability of global commodity chainsCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation by George Schoneveld on inclusive Green Growth (IGG) through commercial agriculture and forestry, held at CIFOR’s partners’ meeting in Nairobi in February 2015.
SSA Farming Systems Framework: Potential input to the Dublin Process / Techno...riatenorio
Information sharing on the development of a Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa With inputs for CAADP-CGIAR alignment
April 13, 2013
Dublin, Ireland
Nigeria Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program-1:Sorghum Outreach...ICRISAT
Agriculture is the economic mainstay of the majority of households in Nigeria.However, agricultural productivity for food and its contributions to national income has been on the decline in the last 3 decades. Nigeria is currently one of the four leading food importing countries in the world. The high rate of poverty, food insecurity and youth unemployment in Nigeria presents an opportunity for agriculture led economic growth which can secure a prosperous future for some of the country’s poorest people. The opportunities that are inherent in the agricultural sector prompted the Government of Nigeria (GON) to initiate the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) in 2012.
Understanding African Farming Systems: Science and Policy Implications ACIAR
Understanding African Farming Systems: Science and Policy Implications - Dr Dennis Garrity, United Nations Dryland Ambassador, and AIFSC Project Coordinator for "Farming Systems, Science and Policy"
Presented at the High-Level Ministerial (HLM) Conference on Rice Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 25 September 2018
Dakar, Senegal
Presented by Dr Harold Roy-Macauley
Director General, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
South-East Cluster Partnership: Achievements, lessons and way forwards ILRI
Poster prepared by Kissi Wakweya and Adamu Zeleke for the ILRI-N2Africa Annual Partners Review and Planning Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 16-17 March 2017
Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture Transform...futureagricultures
Eugene Rurangwa, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Presentation to the 11th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
Side event on Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Transformation
Convened by the AU/AfDB/UNECA Land Policy Initiative
Johannesburg
24 March 2015
“Food Price Volatility and Resilience in Africa” presented by Nicholas Minot, Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI at 2014 ReSAKSS Annual Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 9, 2014
Evidence based assessment of scalability of agricultural technologies: The ca...africa-rising
Presented by Girma T. Kassie, Peter Thorne, Kindu Mekonnen, Karen Brooks, Barbara Rischkowsky, Aynalem Haile, Seid A. Kemal, Lulseged Desta, Zenaye Degefa, Mulugeta Yitayih, Fresenbet Zeleke and Azage Tegegne at the Workshop and Exhibition on Promoting Productivity and Market Access Technologies and Approaches to Improve Farm Income and Livelihoods in Ethiopia: Lessons from Action Research Projects, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 8-9 December 2016
Presentation by John Thompson and Hannington Odame at the event "The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa", September 2014.
http://www.future-agricultures.org/events/the-political-economy-of-agricultural-policy-processes-in-africa
What do you do when your customers won't pay? In this economy, more and more business owners and construction professionals are facing this question.
Stites & Harbison attorney Anne Gorham shows you what you can do to get the money that's owed to you. Anne has more than twenty years of construction legal experience, representing contractors, design-builders, owners, developer and design professionals. She has also been involved with projects that range from industrial and commercial distribution centers, pipeline construction and chemical manufacturing facilities to highway construction and energy production facilities including coal gasification and biomass.
For more information on construction law issues, please go to our website, www.Stites.com, or visit our constrution page at http://www.stites.com/services/126/construction
The work pressures, the work culture, timings, appraisals make the young executives very vulnerable for mental health issues. I had put together a presentation for a seminar.
Ingram & Fon Environmental impact asessment Community forests and Sustainable Forest Management Experiences from Cameroon Verina Ingram, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation &
FGF, Co-Chair IAIA Biodiversity Group
Fon Nsoh, COMINSUD & WHINCONET
Each “growing degree day” spent at a temperature above 30°C decreases yields by 1 percent under optimal (drought-free) rainfed conditions.Southern Africa faces the risk of more severe and protracted droughts and periods of extremely low and extremely high rainfall could become more common as temperatures increase from 2-4°C
Barking up the wrong tree? Conservation, CITES and controls on commercial tra...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Tony Cunningam and Terry Sunderland during the ATBC Annual meeting focuses on the Prunus africana, its distribution and variation, the local and commercial utilization, the commercial trade, CITES and Prunus africana, what CITES does, whether wild harvesting can be sustainable and the global perspective on bark harvest.
R&D priorities for Southern Africa - Dr Monica MurataCCARDESA
Regional research needs are many & are determined by several factors:
Food security
Commercial value
Socio-economic value
Response to regional strategies
Regional priorities broad & representative of common national priorities
Large scale land acquisitions and responsible investment in Africafutureagricultures
Presentation by Ruth Hall at the event "The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa", September 2014.
http://www.future-agricultures.org/events/the-political-economy-of-agricultural-policy-processes-in-africa
Author: Erika Styger
Title: Scaling Up Climate-smart Rice Production in West Africa
Date: February 11, 2016
Presented at the Issues in African Development Weekly Seminar Series
Venue: Uris Hall, Cornell University
Taking the long view USAID, USFS, USGS investment in smallholder and communit...CIFOR-ICRAF
Jordan Kimball, Scott Bode, Nicodème Tchamou, Boubacar Thiam, Diane Russell, Gray Tappan and Dan Whyner with inspiration from Tim Resch and Mike McGahuey
Taking Stock of Smallholder and Community Forestry Montpellier, 24-26 March 2010
Feedback and recommendations on how AAS might most effectively move forwardWorldFish
Presented by Emmanuel Zziwa, representative from ASARECA, at the Workshop on AAS in Africa, 'Building Research in Development Alliances to Unlock the Economic Potential of Aquatic Environments in Africa', held in Lusaka, Zambia, from the 14th to the 16th of May, 2013.
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TCforBE CONCEPTS TO UNDERSTAND & RESEARCH TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR BIODIVERS...Verina Ingram
CONCEPTS TO UNDERSTAND & RESEARCH
TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR BIODIVERSITY &
EQUITY
Transformative Change for
Biodiversity & Equity Project
Valerie Nelson, NRI, University of Greenwich V.J.Nelson@greenwich.ac.uk
Verina Ingram, Wageningen University & Research verina.ingram@wur.nl
Thirza Hermans, Wageningen University & Research thirze.hermans@wur.nl
Marina Benitez Kanter , Wageningen University & Research ,marina.benitezkanter@wur.nl
Albertine Vandenbussche, Wageningen University & Research albertine.vandenbussche@wur.nl
Jeremy Haggar, NRI, University of Greenwich J.P.Haggar@greenwich.ac.uk
Transformative Change for
Biodiversity & Equity Project
Presentation at SCORAI-ERSCP-WUR conference ‘Transforming consumption-production systems toward just and sustainable futures’
7 July 2023
TCforBE CONCEPTS TO UNDERSTAND & RESEARCH TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR BIODIVERS...Verina Ingram
Transformative Change for
Biodiversity & Equity Project
CONCEPTS TO UNDERSTAND & RESEARCH
TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR BIODIVERSITY &
EQUITY
Verina Ingram, Wageningen University & Research verina.ingram@wur.nl
Valerie Nelson, NRI, University of Greenwich V.J.Nelson@greenwich.ac.uk
Thirza Hermans, Wageningen University & Research thirze.hermans@wur.nl
Albertine Vandenbussche, Wageningen University & Research albertine.vandenbussche@wur.nl
Marina Benitez Kanter , Wageningen University & Research marina.benitezkanter@wur.nl
Jeremy Haggar, NRI, University of Greenwich J.P.Haggar@greenwich.ac.uk
Transformative Change for
Biodiversity & Equity Project
Presentation at 2023 Radboud Conference on Earth System Governance, Nijmegen: Food System Transformation Imaginaries and
Policy Paradigms Session, 25 October 2023
Mbane Leadership & Community Forestry Performance in Cameroon 02042024.pdfVerina Ingram
Exploring the Effect of Leadership styles on Community Forest Performance and the Mediating role of Community Participation in Cameroon - Joseph Mbane, CIFOR-IRCAF
Community forestry enterprises in the Congo Basin
Seminar
10.00 -13.00 2 April 2024
NCountR Room, Impulse, Wageningen CMAPUS & online
doctoral Defense Serge Piabuo
“Community Forest Enterprises (CFEs) as successful social enterprises: Empirical Evidence from Cameroon”
16.00 – 17.30 2 April 2024
Omnia Auditorium, Wageningen campus & online
Link to recording https://wur-educationsupport.screenstepslive.com/m/111045/l/1595365-about-recording-and-livestreaming-a-promotion-phd-defence-graduation-ceremony-inauguration-farewell-speech-or-other-public-events#where-can-i-watch-the-livestream
Maindo Lessons from CF in Bafwasende Landscape.pdfVerina Ingram
Lessons from community forestry enterprises in Bafwasende landscape, Congo – Alphonse Maindo, Tropenbos International
Community forestry enterprises in the Congo Basin
Seminar
10.00 -13.00 2 April 2024
NCountR Room, Impulse, Wageningen CMAPUS & online
doctoral Defense Serge Piabuo
“Community Forest Enterprises (CFEs) as successful social enterprises: Empirical Evidence from Cameroon”
16.00 – 17.30 2 April 2024
Omnia Auditorium, Wageningen campus & online
Link to recording https://wur-educationsupport.screenstepslive.com/m/111045/l/1595365-about-recording-and-livestreaming-a-promotion-phd-defence-graduation-ceremony-inauguration-farewell-speech-or-other-public-events#where-can-i-watch-the-livestream
Kengne & Lescuyer CF and social entreprises 02042024.pdfVerina Ingram
Two decades of implementation of community forestry in Cameroon: What changes in the livelihoods of local populations?“ - Fabrice Kengen & Guillaume Lescuyer, CIRAD
Community forestry enterprises in the Congo Basin
Seminar
Chaired by Verina Ingram & Serge Piabou (Wagenignen UR)
10.00 -13.00 2 April 2024
NCountR Room, Impulse, Wageningen CMAPUS & online
doctoral Defense Serge Piabuo
“Community Forest Enterprises (CFEs) as successful social enterprises: Empirical Evidence from Cameroon”
16.00 – 17.30 2 April 2024
Omnia Auditorium, Wageningen campus & online
Link to recording
https://wur-educationsupport.screenstepslive.com/m/111045/l/1595365-about-recording-and-livestreaming-a-promotion-phd-defence-graduation-ceremony-inauguration-farewell-speech-or-other-public-events#where-can-i-watch-the-livestream
Ebaa Atyi Community Forest Management in Central Africa 020424.pdfVerina Ingram
Community forests management in central Africa, progress and challenges - Richard Ebba Atyi, CIFOR-IRCAF
Community forestry enterprises in the Congo Basin
Seminar
Chaired by Verina Ingram & Serge Piabou (Wagenignen UR)
10.00 -13.00 2 April 2024
NCountR Room, Impulse, Wageningen CMAPUS & online
doctoral Defense Serge Piabuo
“Community Forest Enterprises (CFEs) as successful social enterprises: Empirical Evidence from Cameroon”
16.00 – 17.30 2 April 2024
Omnia Auditorium, Wageningen campus & online
Link to recording
https://wur-educationsupport.screenstepslive.com/m/111045/l/1595365-about-recording-and-livestreaming-a-promotion-phd-defence-graduation-ceremony-inauguration-farewell-speech-or-other-public-events#where-can-i-watch-the-livestream
Tita Foundjem CF in cocoa landscapes 02042024.pdfVerina Ingram
Community Forests at the Frontiers of Cocoa Production Basins: State, challenges and opportunities for riverain communities - Divine Tita Foundjem, CIFOR-IRCAF
Community forestry enterprises in the Congo Basin
Seminar
Chaired by Verina Ingram & Serge Piabou (Wagenignen UR)
10.00 -13.00 2 April 2024
NCountR Room, Impulse, Wageningen CMAPUS & online
doctoral Defense Serge Piabuo
“Community Forest Enterprises (CFEs) as successful social enterprises: Empirical Evidence from Cameroon”
16.00 – 17.30 2 April 2024
Omnia Auditorium, Wageningen campus & online
Link to recording
https://wur-educationsupport.screenstepslive.com/m/111045/l/1595365-about-recording-and-livestreaming-a-promotion-phd-defence-graduation-ceremony-inauguration-farewell-speech-or-other-public-events#where-can-i-watch-the-livestream
Impacts of cocoa sustainability initiatives in West Africa Verina Ingram
Verina Ingram, Yuca Waarts, Fedes van Rijn, Tinka Koster & Birgit de Vos 14 November 2017 International Symposium on Cocoa Research. Promoting Advances in Research to Enhance the Profitability of Cocoa Farming 13 – 17 November 2017 – Lima, Peru
The role of the private sector, sustainable non-timber forest product value c...Verina Ingram
What we know and what we should know for policymaking on NTFPs in the Congo Basin. GEF7 Program for the Congo Basin
Global Environmental Facility Side Event, Brussels 28 November 2018
Les filières de valeur des produits forestiers non-ligneux durables, le secte...Verina Ingram
What we know and what we should know for policymaking on NTFPs in the Congo Basin. GEF7 Program for the Congo Basin
Global Environmental Facility Side Event, Brussels 28 November 2018
Reflections on governing Prunus africana in CameroonVerina Ingram
Reflections on governing Prunus africana in Cameroon: On governance arrangements, what we thought - the assumptions and we now know in practice, and lessons learnt. Presented at the CITES Tree Species Programme Regional Meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 11-15 March 2019
Key note speech for the International Conference on the future of Central African Forests and its Peoples 31 May 2017 Den Haag, The Netherlands, presenting the importance of the forests, trends, developments and ways forward
Ingram traditional and modern forest apiculture in cameroon 2016Verina Ingram
Traditional and modern forest based apiculture in Cameroon: how beekeeping is now conducted in the Northwest Highlands forests and Adamaoua savannah forests of Cameroon, the apiculture products produced and the value chain, and environmental aspects of the chain. Presented at the Incubation Study of Research Institute for Humanity and Nature & Heiwa Nakajima Foundation project Workshop, Tokyo office, Kanazawa University, Japan. 28 May 2016
Guiding Hope: Apiculture in Cameroon November 2015 Verina Ingram
Presentation about beekeeping, bee products and forests of Cameroon and the social enterprise Guiding Hope, at the Beekeepers Association (Imkersvereniging) Den Haag
Business Cases for Biodiversity: the Smallholder Perspective. Cameroonian apiculture company Guiding Hope. Utrecht University & HIVOS.Ministry Economic Affairs, Den Haag, 1 March 2012
Prunus africana “No chop um, no kill um, but keep um”: From an endangered spe...Verina Ingram
How governance makes a difference in the sustainability and livelihood impacts of international trade of a medicinal bark of a tree found in African mountains. this case study from Cameroon illustrates the many governance arrangements exsisting and thier mixed impacts.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
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Knowledge engineering: from people to machines and back
Guiding conservation and sustainable use through a national Prunus africana Management Plan, Cameroon
1. Guiding conservation and
sustainable use through National
Prunus africana Management
Plans
Bioversity
Workshop
“Development of
strategies for the
conservation and
sustainable use of
Prunus africana to
improve the
livelihood of smallscale farmers”
25-29 October 2010
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Verina Ingram
Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Central Africa
v.ingram@cgiar.org
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2. Prunus africana
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Afromontane evergreen tree patchy
distribution at 600-3000 m a.s.l. particularly ≥
1700 - 3010 m. Montane forests scarce (1.4%
of all African forests: 1% Cameroon & 1.1%
Eq.Guinea forests)
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Cherry like fruit eaten & dispersed by 20+
species; 50% are Afromontane endangered
&/or endemic e.g. P. Africana one of 13 critical
species in Cameroon montane forests.
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Major harvest areas have high degradation &
deforestation rates e.g. Cameroon (0.37% pa
[0.0017 ha/pa], with 52% forest loss in last 52
years [Kilum Ijum]), Madagascar & Kenya
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Multiple timber (fuel, tools, carving ) & NTFP
uses (bark for human & veterinary medicine)
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Major international trade: 9622 tons
worldwide 2001-2007. Principal ingredient in
prostatic hyperplasia pharmaceuticals (Europe)
& health supplements (US & China)
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3. Background: over-exploitation, respite & action
Cameroon example : worlds largest exporter (2007) after 15 years of intense harvesting
Self-imposed moratoriums and suspensions following 2007 EU trade suspension.
Allows an ecological respite but also adverse effects on livelihoods of unknown impact
In response to these changes, lobbies reflecting the diverse and conflicting interests
emerged across African exporting nations.
A participatory developed national management plan has been the route chosen to
respond to concerns by actors in the Cameroon trade chain
The route from an endangered species towards domestication, analysing the planning
process for conservation and sustainable management is presented for
Cameroon, Madagascar and Equatorial Guinea.
Paradoxical context in which this non-timber species is found, traded and used, means
that risks and opportunities for successful conservation and trade through proposed
National Management Plans need to be critically examined.
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4. Problem:
international trade leads to endangered status
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Regulated since 1974 in Cameroon and 1972 in Madagascar but for revenue
maximisation, rather than conservation logic
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Despite long lived & ability to withstand repeated bark harvest – demand
increased dramatically 600% in last 40 years
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The shift from subsistence to international trade raised concerns about
overexploitation of wild stocks
Leading to
– Appearance on the IUCN Red List (Endangered) in 1998
– Trade restrictions (CITES Appendix II listed ) in 2005
– ‘Special Forestry Product’ classification in Cameroon in 2006
– EU suspension of international trade November 2007
– CITES suspension of DRC, Eq. Guinea & Tanzania as non compliant with
Article IV. Others countries implemented voluntary suspension February
2009
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But national stocks of wild P. africana largely un-quantified and cultivated stocks
completely unknown in Cameroon
Conflicting interests; conservation vs. immediate livelihood needs
Regulations not enforced nor harvest monitored, and market arrangements
counterproductive to sustainable trade
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Photo: K Stewart
5. 1%
0.1%
66%
0.2%
>1%
27%
Main harvest zones
49%
4%
Prunus
africana
range and
trade
= Management plan
21%
= former trade & % world
1%
exports 1995-2007
16%
1%
= border trade
1%
= traditional medicinal use &
trade
7%
6%
= main importers & % world
imports 1995-2007
Source: Cunningham 2008, Hall et al .2000,
CITES WCMC 2008
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6. Hypothesis
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International, lucrative trade of a wild resource is
inherently unsustainable given livelihood
pressures.
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Management impossible without knowledge of
resource availability and sustainable post harvest
regeneration period
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Actors and issues in chain unknown to each other
→ market arrangements with conflicting interests
& leading to (unknown) unsustainable harvests.
4.
A participatory developed management plan
involving all actors in the chain could respond to
pressures to create a sustainable Prunus africana
commerce and reconcile conflicting pressures.
Kongo CF,
Kilim CF, December 2008
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Exploitation since 1972; periods of
centralisation & decentralisation, many
and few companies
Sofia Northwest area overexploited by
1984, shift to Eastern reserves; by 1994
to many scattered sites, by 1999
returned to Sofia, injunction 2002
Both importer and exporter- due to
Indena SpA factory in 1995
2003: finalised and valided ‘Plan
d’action national pour la gestion
durable du Prunus africana’: ecological
(inventory & harvest guide), socioeconomic, genetic & legal measures
Resulted by 2005 in limited permits
Average 200t pa 2000-2007
2007: Trade suspended
2008: World Bank project proposed for
regeneration and to develop
management plan, expected end 2009
Plan not yet finalized
Madagascar
Tons imported 2001-2006
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Source WCMC CITES Database 2008
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8. •1998 inventory (Sunderland & Tako 1999)
indicated high levels unsustainable harvest
•Historic ties Spain & Equatorial Guinea + bark
exports to Spain, lead to a pilot project on
Bioko Island, promoted & funded by the
General Directorate for Biodiversity, Ministry of
Environment (CITES scientific Authority
Spain), June 2004
• Exported from 1992 to 1998, ceased 19992002, 2005 last unsustainable harvest. 1992 –
1998 = average 210 tons pa exported
• 2006 ‘’Evaluation of the Harvest of Prunus
africana Bark on Bioko (Equatorial Guinea):
Guidelines for a Management Plan’’
(University Cordoba), Spain conducted
remote sensing, inventory , bark yield
estimate, proposed a quota and harvest
guidelines
•This model promoted for other countries and
areas (at CITES meeting Lima 2007 & Kenya
2008)
• Plan not adopted- political reasons
Equatorial Guinea
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9. 1. Increase revenues of small and medium enterprises involved production
and commercialisation of Prunus africana
Aims
2. Manage resources sustainably for both current and future generations
Build NTFP sector
actors capacity in
production and
commercialisation
Promote
favorable legal &
institutional
environment for
small & medium
enterprises
Improve
production and
harvesting
techniques of
NTFPs
Develop
sustainable
market chains
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10. Background
Field work
• Harvest zone selection – stakeholder interviews (2007)
• Inventory - transects 3 zones (2007-2008)
• Bark regeneration post-harvest study – 4 zones (2009)
• 193 semi & structured interviews actors in chains & 5 market surveys (2007-2008)
VCA
2007-2009
Action data
collection
Analysis
Outputs
• Participatory action research: SWOT, stakeholder analysis, 6 working sessions
stakeholder groups & 1 all stakeholder workshop, participatorily developed
management plan
• Capacity building events; group organisation
• Data analysis SPSS and Excel, TIAMA, interpretation satellite images, SWOT, GIS
mapping
• Preliminary findings verified in meetings & peer cross-checked
• Value chain maps: Visualisations
• Reports: Problem analysis workshop report, Inventory in NW & SW
Cameroon, Guidelines for a National Management Plan for Prunus africana in
Cameroon, Assessment sustainable harvest methods, Baseline study of Prunus africana
chain, Domestication Guide (ICRAF), Harvest and inventory norms GTZ + CIFOR)
• Actors’ grouping: Prunus Platform, Scientific Group supporting CITES Authority,
• Policy brief: NTFPs in Cameroon & Product sheet: Prunus africana in Cameroon
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Methodology: Cameroon
• Literature review
Lit. review
11. • Responds to CITES 2006 Lima meeting requirements: based
on CITES Secretariat (2006) & Clemente Muñoz et al 2006)
• Innovative for Cameroon and Africa
• Pragmatic national management plan for the sustainable
exploitation of Prunus africana in short & long term
• Culmination of 3 year process based on:
– Scientific evidence
– Regulatory study
– Negotiated policy
– Indigenous knowledge
– Stakeholder participation
• Plan has general consensus from majority of stakeholders.
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13. Why use a participatory market chain approach?
• Understand demand & supply, volumes & values
• Map and analyse actors interactions, power relations, governance
arrangements and pressures
• Comprehend institutional and customary and legal framework and
influence and implementation in practice
• Understand livelihood and cultural aspects
• By participating in developing the VC, actors validate , own and
understand chain & issues
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14. INVENTORY
961466 trees surveyed in transects in 4 zones
Results
SCALE OF CULTIVATION GREATER THAN PREVOISULY KNOWN
•Plantations ≥ 100 trees: average age 13 years (exploitable age)
•Approximately 70% of planted trees never harvested
•Nurseries more common in NW
•Majority of plantations small (average 3 hectares)
•≥22,280 trees known in 31 plantations, approximately 24% survive
MORE TREES STANDING THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED
•Current national availability from 4 inventoried zones estimated 1078 tons of wet weight bark annually
•Significant variation in forest exploitation & land use between sites, mainly forest converted to pasture &
agricultural use
REGENERATION
•≥ 1,900,000 trees, multiple sites planted from1976 – 2009, average survival rate 32%, average 10 years old
•2 categories: <30cm diameter = ‘regeneration stock’ and >30cm = ‘exploitation stock’
• Stocks differ widely: human impacts major threat. More smaller trees on Mt Manengouba means less stock
available for exploitation
DENSITY IS LOCATION SPECIFIC
•Stocking densities vary from 15% Mt Cam to 95% Kilum-Ijum total stock 4 zones
•Density varies significantly 1.6 – 11.4 stems/ha & heterogeneous across sites, related to vegetation type
altitude a limiting distribution factor, size differences due to exploitation, human interventions and land use
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15. POST HARVEST BARK REGENERATION STUDY
Results
710 trees at 14 sites in 4 zones: privately owned, permanent forest and Community Forests
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Critical data lacking on tree recovery post harvest & sustainable rotation
period for repeat harvests, seedling regeneration in exploited zones, tree
status & health in plantations and wild at different altitudes.
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Results indicate >60% of harvested P. africana trees over-exploited & 9.2
% well harvested (current harvest good practice).
Bark recovery rates significantly affected by agro-ecological origins.
(Ad=.12 .05; NW=.1 .03; SW=.06 .02cm/yr), indicating humid highlands
in Adamaoua and NW optimal zones.
Bark recovery rates reached 15% of original bark thickness in 1st & 2nd
years after exploitation, & progressively dropped to inflection point (7%)
between 7th & 8th year. A seven year rotation period therefore considered
sustainable for repeated harvesting. Regional adjustment needed.
Harvest from breast height diameter (30 cm) judged sustainable due to
high bark recovering rate (8%/yr) and good mean bark thickness (1.3cm)
upwards to the first branch.
Growth rate faster (14 .5m compared to 9 .2m) at altitude <800m a.s.l.,
however insect attacks (94%) severe <1000m a.s.l.. Optimum zone for
planting = ≥1000 m a.s.l..
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16. PARTICPATORILY DEVELOPING A
NATIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
Results
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High livelihood importance in adjacent NW & SW villages
Weak chain governance: Corrupt officials, unclear regulatory system & enforcement lacking
Breakdown of traditional forest management regimes
Little information exchange & market knowledge - uninformed harvesters & no controls
Unknown resource quantity hindered management with pressures to supply and scares in
international community – but based on little evidence
Available stock only known with PAU inventories/Management Plans + registration private stock
Protected areas harvest ban = conservation genetic stock & for regeneration
Distinction between ‘wild’ & domesticated Prunus africana via Certificate of Origin
Need for a new permit system devised and agreed as sustainable alternative to current system
Consensus on introducing a scientific & practical inventory norm
Conservative harvesting technique and certification agreed
Revised monitoring & control by government and communities agreed
Ongoing research needs consolidated & being addressed
Coordination mechanisms e.g. Prunus Platform & Scientific Authority Group
Awareness raising & education on CITES & regulations started
Need to promote domestication and planting + regeneration program in wild.
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17. BASELINE & HOUSEHOLD VALUE CHAIN STUDY
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Results
Since 1970s Cameroon major exporter, 48% of worldwide
trade since 1995
Average 1700 ton exported annually to international
pharmaceutical and health businesses.
Since 2000 exported to France (53%), Spain (31%) and
Madagascar (11%), and small quantities to Belgium, China,
India and the United States.
Needs of pharmaceutical industry (chemical/genetic
composition) not well understood
Significant (up to 80% 40) proportion of household incomes in 2 main harvest areas from P. africana
98% of harvest sold, 2% own or local consumption
Benefits to approximately 70,000 people, direct income to around 700 (Community forests,
plantation holders, harvesters) & 11 small & medium enterprises
Source of foreign exchange currency for Cameroon with export value ≈ 2,010,000 US$ in 19999
Producer level value annual average trade value (2007) 540,000 US$
Average price = harvesters 0.12-0.5 US$ kg, intermediaries 0.5 – 1 US$
Average export price 1.34 US$ kg, one company dominated market with 50% share
About 25% of harvesters organised and trained in harvesting
Predicted growing demand for prostate medications in Europe & US world indicating long term
potential commerce, given continuation of trade and market retention despite the trade suspension
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18. The reality now.....
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Implementation of the Cameroon Plan now ongoing
(operational plan, harvest norms)
Stakeholders shown openness to participate in formulating policy options
Policy and regulatory extremes and inappropriate legal framework ripe for
rationalisation
Reflecting tree and land tenure is critical for sustainable exploitation & equity
Employment and profitability increased by professionalising sector
Importance of business, infrastructure & technical support
Processing & storage important to add value locally (vertical integration)
Domestication seen by all actors is key to sustainable supply
Farmers generally maintaining stocks ‘ don't know basis’ but no significant
planting occurring since 2008
Sustainable harvest techniques & domestication technologies offer potential
to increase profits – but needs wide scale disseminating and enforcement
NTFP Market Information System and actor Platforms initial positive results
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19. Learning points
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Prunus africana like other NTFP trade in Cameroon is under appreciated &
insufficiently captured in statistics
Governance arrangements have major impact on income equity &
distraction, access, control profit margins,
Level of domestication provides good sustainability indicator for future
Questions about which genetic resources to domesticate – given
pharmaceutical industry preferences
Promoting cultivation will be a decisive factor for long term success
Long lived tree = need to wait for long term conservation & management
results
Power and relationships (lobby and government contacts) important in
determining equity and access to resource
Awareness and enforcement of new policy regime will be critical
Roles of traditional, regulatory and devolved authorities need to be
resolved to clarify management and governance responsibilities
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20. Thank you!
www.cifor.cgiar.org
v.ingram@cgiar.org
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
is one of the 15 centres supported by the Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
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